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I don't know how to be less boring. It does not help that most people aren't the least bit interesting.
"I drink to make other people more interesting" -- Ernest Hemingway
But don't forget that this didn't work out well for him.
Otherwise, the solution is to find interesting people. Internet helps a LOT.
Boring means different things to different people. I personally like a deep intellectual discussion.
Other people value other characteristics. Many people are not boring when they are unstifled and just follow their impulses.
Even two erudites can find each other boring if their views are irreconcilable.
That assumes the goal of discussion is to reconcile views. If I meet someone who thinks radically different from myself that's for me an interesting opportunity to understand a new perspective.
Do you set apart a specific mix of circumstances for the pursuit of Aumann agreement?
Agreement is seldom a goal for me in intellectual discussion. The goal is rather to learn something new or to let the person I'm discovering with learn something new. It's about exploration of ideas.